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Senate Democrats in Iowa vote down push for ban on freedom to marry

"A motion by state Sen. Kent Sorenson
(R-Indianola) to suspend the Senate’s rules to allow a vote on a
constitutional ban on the freedom to marry was defeated early Thursday
morning on a party-line vote.

"Sorenson asked all 50 senators to call up Senate Joint Resolution 8,
a bill that would amend the Iowa Constitution to specify that marriage
between one man and one woman is the only legal union valid or
recognized in the state. Senate President Jack Kibbie (D-Emmetsburg) said 'no,' but agreed to allow a vote on whether to suspend the rules and override his objection.